Zechariah 1:18-21

Zechariah 1:18-21

[18] Then lifted I up  mine eyes,  and saw,  and behold four  horns.  [19] And I said  unto the angel  that talked  with me, What be these? And he answered  me, These are the horns  which have scattered  Judah,  Israel,  and Jerusalem.  [20] And the LORD  shewed  me four  carpenters.  [21] Then said  I, What come  these to do?  And he spake,  These are the horns  which have scattered  Judah,  so that  no man  did lift up  his head:  but these are come  to fray  them, to cast out  the horns  of the Gentiles,  which lifted up  their horn  over the land  of Judah  to scatter  it.

What does Zechariah 1:18-21 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The second vision elaborates the concept of comfort promised in the first vision ( Zechariah 1:13; Zechariah 1:17). Here we learn how God will execute His anger against the nations that excessively oppressed His people. The nations will meet with retribution, and Israel will triumph over her foes.